Takhar, Punjab

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Takhar
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Takhar
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Takhar
Takhar (India)
Coordinates: 31°09′21″N75°45′22″E / 31.1557047°N 75.7560601°E / 31.1557047; 75.7560601 Coordinates: 31°09′21″N75°45′22″E / 31.1557047°N 75.7560601°E / 31.1557047; 75.7560601
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 757 [1]
  Sex ratio 389/368 ♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144409
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB- 08
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Takhar is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 8 km from Phagwara, 19.8 km from Phillaur, 30.3 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 133 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India). [2]

Jalandhar district District in Punjab, India

Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city.

Punjab, India State in Northern India

Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, 1.53% of India's total geographical area. It is the 20th-largest Indian state by area. With 27,704,236 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Punjab is the 16th-largest state by population, comprising 22 districts. Punjabi is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (58%) forming the demographic majority. The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five rivers from which the region took its name were Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.

Phagwara City in Punjab, India

Phagwara is a city and the Municipal Corporation with area of 20 km2(approx.) in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. The city lies on the National Highway 44 and located 124 kilometres (77 mi) away from Chandigarh and 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from Jalandhar348 kilometres (216 mi) from Delhi.

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Demography

As of 2011, The village has a total number of 162 houses and population of 757 of which include 389 are males while 368 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 81.64%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 76 which is 10.04% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 520 lower than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 56.94% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 219 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 187 males and 32 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.50% workers describe their work as main work and 10.50% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. [1]

Transport

Mauli railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction train station is 8.5 km away from the village. The village is 47 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 121 km away in Amritsar.

Train station Railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers and/or freight

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Domestic airport airport with scheduled traffic exclusively to domestic destinations

A domestic airport is an airport that handles only domestic flights—flights within the same country. Domestic airports do not have customs and immigration facilities and so cannot handle flights to or from a foreign airport.

Ludhiana Metropolis in Punjab, India

Ludhiana is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab, and India's largest city north of Delhi, with an area of 310sq. km and an estimated population of 1,618,879 as of the 2011 census. The population increases substantially during the harvesting season due to the migration of labourers from highly populated states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha. The city stands on the Sutlej River's old bank, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of its present course. It is an industrial center of northern India; the BBC has called it India's Manchester. Ludhiana was among the list of smart cities that will be developed by government of India. According to World Bank Group Ludhiana is the best city in India to do business.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Takhar Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. ↑ "About the village". villageinfo.in.
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